First of all, I would like to extend to you and your extended family my prayer. This is never an easy question, and there are no easy answers.
Read More →We must first delineate what we mean by “pride”. It encompasses so many things: some are good, but so many aspects are explicitly against God’s teaching in the Scriptures. These things need to be evaluated separately and not get confused.
Read More →The Church does not accept homosexual marriage because it is not marriage at all, for marriage is the union of persons, both body and soul.
Read More →你提及「伴侶」及「單身」，我想先由這兩個字眼說明一些事。今天人們說「伴侶」，而不說夫婦，好像是一個可以永久性的關係。但他們說伴侶，也不是單單指朋友或知己，而很明顯是指向性吸引和性關係；即使不是現在有性關係，都是指明他們希望走向全人的結合。
Read More →The reality of so many cases of clerical abuse, even among bishops and cardinals, is a constant source of grief, and a counter-example of the Gospel. That this grave scandal has caused so many to lose heart and leave the Church, some even abandon their faith, points to the urgent necessity today for reform in the Church.
Read More →You are right, homosexual relations and acts are not part of God’s plan. We cannot affirm what God does not affirm. Homosexual attraction is a disorder, a defect in sexual orientation. If it is innate, the person is not to be blamed. They need to be loved and supported with compassion and with the truth.
Read More →What you were describing about homosexual desire is more accurately described as a disposition, or a tendency, or a propensity to lean towards. People who have such disposition but do not act on it are called people with same-sex attraction.
Read More →首先，天主教從來都沒有說明誰必然會入地獄的習慣，即使某人是犯了極大的錯，如猶達斯，天主教的教導都是指引我們，不能斷言誰犯了死罪或大罪，因為我們不能知道別人內心的意向。
Read More →People who seek civil union or partnership are seeking civil recognition and protection of their relationship. In essence it is just one step up from common-law. They are not the same as marriage, but very much enjoy the same legal benefits as well as responsibilities as marriage. These are legal constructs, and as such the Church, though does not agree with the union, does not have the prerogatives to deny it.
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